The Supreme Court on Friday fixed March 1 for hearing a plea filed by Uber challenging an appellate tribunal's order directing the CCI's Director General to probe allegations of predatory pricing alleged by Meru Cabs.
The hearing date was fixed by a bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra, R Banumathi and Mohan M Shantanagoudar after both the parties told the apex court that they have no objection if the matter is taken up for hearing on March 1. On January 27, the apex court had ordered status quo on the probe by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) against Uber India Systems Pvt Ltd over predatory pricing allegations by Meru Cabs and had sought response from CCI in the matter.
Competition Appellate Tribunal (Compat) had last year ordered CCI to probe afresh the alleged abuse of dominance by the popular taxi-hailing app operator.